A special force drawn from the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades.

Village defenders

Local Arab militia, Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some support from the Iraqi Army in Tulkarm.

Israeli acts of terror

In September 1948, UN investigators stated that 130 villagers were unaccounted for.

Refugees' migration route

Villagers were expelled eastward to Jinin.

Exodus Cause

Military assault by Jewish troops

Village remainsafter destruction by Israelis

The village has been partially destroyed (how did they miss it, a miracle!). The mosque has been allowed to deteriorate, but several houses are still in use by Jewish settlers.

Ethnically cleansingby Israelis

Ijzim inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownershipbefore occupation

Ethnic Group

Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab

23,619

Jewish

0

Public

23,268

Total

46,905

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type

Arab (Dunum)

Irrigated & Plantation

2,367

Area planted w/ olives

1,340

Planted W/ Cereal

17,791

Built up

91

Cultivable

20,158

Non-Cultivable

26,656

Populationbefore occupation

Year

Population

1596

55

19th century

1,000

1922

1,610

1931

2,160

1945

2,970

1948

3,445

Est. Refugees 1998

21,157

Number of houses

Year

Number of houses

1931

442

1948

704

Schools

Ijzim had an elementary school for boys, which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888.

Notable people from town

Ijzim was the hometown of al-Shaykh Mas'ud al-Madi, the leader of the Haifa coastal area in the early nineteenth century and governor of Gaza for some time. Also in 1887, Yusuf al-Shafi'i became the judge of the Beirut court.

Religious institutions

Ijzim had two mosques (one is still standing), but the remaining mosque in need of serious renovation guys.

Archeological sites

The village was constructed over the remains of an earlier settlement, and there were also ruins in the nearby Khirbat Kabbara and Khirbat Maqura.

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The village has been partially destroyed. The mosque has been allowed to deteriorate, but several houses are still in use. The meeting house (diwan) of Mas'ud al-Madi, which is a two-storey structure dating to the eighteenth century , has been converted into a museum. The school has been turned into a synagogue and the cafe into a post office."